Bikaner Junction railway station

Bikaner railway station is located in Bikaner district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves Bikaner. Bikaner is headquarters of Bikaner railway division.

Bikaner
Indian Railway junction station
LocationBikaner, Rajasthan
India
Coordinates28°00′53″N 73°18′57″E
Elevation234.696 metres (770.00 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byNorth Western Railway
Line(s)Jodhpur–Bathinda line
Bikaner–Rewari line
Platforms6
TracksBroad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure typeStandard on ground
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeBKN
Division(s) Bikaner railway division
History
Opened1891
ElectrifiedAnnounced in 2017-18 Budget by govt
Location
Bikaner railway station
Location in Rajasthan

The railway station

Bikaner railway station is at an elevation of 226 metres (741 ft) and was assigned the code – BKN.[1]

Bikaner is served by more than 21 pairs of trains each day with multiple daily connections to Delhi, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Mumbai and Chandigarh. Within Rajasthan, there are also multiple daily trains available for Jodhpur, Jaipur, Nagaur, Ratangarh, Churu, Barmer and Jaisalamer. There are also daily trains to Kota.

Daily connections to Pathankot, Amritsar, Jammu, Kalka, Haridwar, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Durgapur, Kolkata, Guwahati and Dibrugarh are also available.

Most other major Indian cities such as Ujjain, Pune, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Chennai, Coimbatore, Mangalore, Kochi, Trivandrum, Goa, Puri, Bubaneswar, Sambalpur, Raipur, Bilaspur and Bhopal are connected via weekly, biweekly or tri-weekly trains.

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History
See also: Indian railway history, NR history, NWR history, NCR history, and NER history

Bikaner Railway Station was constructed in 1891 with a Rs. 3,46,000 donation by Rai Bahadur Dewan Bahadur Sir Kasturchand Daga, a known trader from the city.

In 1889, the two states of Jodhpur and Bikaner formed the Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway to promote railway development jointly within the Rajputana Agency. In 1891 the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge Jodhpur–Bikaner line was opened. In 1901–02, the metre gauge line was extended to Bathinda.[3][4]

Gauge conversions

The Jodhpur–Bikaner track, along with the link to Phulera, had been taken in/before 1991 for conversion to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge.[5] According to a Press Information Bureau release issued in 2008, the Jodhpur–Merta City–Bikaner–Bathinda line was broad gauge.[6]

The Bikaner-Rewari line was converted to broad gauge during the period 2008–2011.[7]

Workshop

The Bikaner (Lalgarh) workshop was set up in 1926. It carries out periodic overhauling of metre gauge coaches and wagons.[8][9]

Museum

Bikaner Heritage Rail Museum at Bikaner displays items related to the Jodhpur and Bikaner Railway era. It was opened in 2012.[10]

References
  1. "Arrivals at Bikaner". indiarailinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  2. http://indiarailinfo.com/
  3. "Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway". fibis. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. "IR History: Part II (1870-1899)". IRFCA. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. "Written answers to Qustion asked in Parliament". Railway expansion programme in Rajasthan. Government of India. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. "Railway line along Indian border". Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India, 21 April 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  7. "Overview of Bikaner Division" (PDF). North Western Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  8. "Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  9. "Brief History of Bikaner Workshop" (PDF). North Western Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  10. "Bikana Heritage Rail Museum opened for public viewing". The Times of India, 18 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
Uramsar
North Western Railway zone
Lalgarh
TerminusNorth Western Railway zone
Bikaner–Rewari line
Bikaner East


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